SIGNALDATAInsights. For the People. Preview
Nebraska ballot · Nov. 3, 2026Checked Oct. 22, 2026

4 statewide measures on the ballot.

Four statewide measures are on Nebraska's Nov. 3, 2026 ballot: three citizen initiatives certified by the Secretary of State on Sept. 11, 2026 and numbered 440, 441 and 442 by random drawing, and one constitutional amendment the Legislature referred in 2025 (LR19CA, legislative term limits). Initiatives 440 and 441 are a pair: 440 changes the constitution's gambling section and 441 changes the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act; each is voted on separately. Official wording is from the Secretary of State's informational pamphlet (ballot title and text; the file is dated Sept. 22, 2026) and, for LR19CA, the resolution as passed and the Executive Board's approved ballot statement. The short titles of 440, 441 and 442 are as the Secretary of State's Sept. 11, 2026 certification release lists them. Nebraska's ballot pamphlet also prints arguments for and against supplied by supporters and opponents; they are not reproduced here. Committees are the ballot question committees registered with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission (NADC) and listed as active on Oct. 22, 2026, with the position each registered. Other proposals that circulated in 2026 (for example the 'Respect Nebraska Voters' initiative and referendum amendment) are not on the ballot: it did not survive a court challenge, and the Nebraska Supreme Court confirmed it will not appear (reported by Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner, Sept. 11, 2026).

Initiative Measure 440 · Initiated constitutional amendment

Online Sports Wagering Authorization

Would change the gambling section of the Nebraska Constitution so that laws may let people located in Nebraska bet on sports online through the gaming operators licensed at the state's racetracks. It is paired with Initiative 441, which sets out those rules in statute.

Passes with: Majority of the votes cast on the measure, and the votes in favor must be at least 35 percent of the total vote cast at the election (Neb. Const. art. III, sec. 4, which applies to initiated laws and initiated constitutional amendments alike). If adopted it takes effect when the governor proclaims it, within ten days after the official canvass.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to authorize the enactment of laws allowing persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska?

Official fiscal summary

Not yet checked: the Secretary of State's pamphlet carries no fiscal statement, and no state fiscal note for the initiative was found.

Committees for and against

Sources: Nebraska Secretary of State, Informational Pamphlet on Initiative Measures Appearing on the 2026 General Election Ballot; Full text.

Initiative Measure 441 · Initiated state statute

Online Sports Wagering Regulation

Would amend the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act so the State Racing and Gaming Commission must allow licensed racetrack gaming operators to take sports bets online from people located in Nebraska, using servers in the state and no more than two contracted online platforms per operator. The commission would have to adopt rules by June 1, 2027, and the act would become operative Jan. 1, 2027.

Passes with: Majority of the votes cast on the measure, and the votes in favor must be at least 35 percent of the total vote cast at the election (Neb. Const. art. III, sec. 4, which applies to initiated laws and initiated constitutional amendments alike). If adopted it takes effect when the governor proclaims it, within ten days after the official canvass.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Shall statutes be enacted that: (1) Allow persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska or the operator’s platform provider; and (2) Regulate such sports wagers?

Official fiscal summary

Not yet checked: the Secretary of State's pamphlet carries no fiscal statement, and no state fiscal note for the initiative was found.

Committees for and against

Sources: Nebraska Secretary of State, Informational Pamphlet on Initiative Measures Appearing on the 2026 General Election Ballot; Full text.

Initiative Measure 442 · Initiated constitutional amendment

Fairness for Girls

Would add a section to the Nebraska Constitution requiring school athletic teams to be designated male, female or coed by biological sex and closing teams designated for girls and women to male students. It would cover public schools and public colleges and universities, and private schools whose teams play against them.

Passes with: Majority of the votes cast on the measure, and the votes in favor must be at least 35 percent of the total vote cast at the election (Neb. Const. art. III, sec. 4, which applies to initiated laws and initiated constitutional amendments alike). If adopted it takes effect when the governor proclaims it, within ten days after the official canvass.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to provide: (1) Schools must expressly designate each athletic team or sport as one of the following based on biological sex: (a) Males, men, or boys; (b) females, women, or girls; or (c) coed or mixed; and (2) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex? The amendment would apply to all athletic teams or sports sponsored by public schools or postsecondary educational institutions, and private schools or educational institutions whose athletic teams or sports compete against public schools or institutions.

Official fiscal summary

Not yet checked: the Secretary of State's pamphlet carries no fiscal statement, and no state fiscal note for the initiative was found.

Committees for and against

  • Oppose: FAIRNESS FOR ALL · raised $0.00, July 28, 2026 to Sept. 29, 2026 (state filings)
  • Support: FAIRNESS FOR GIRLS · raised $0.00, July 28, 2026 to Sept. 29, 2026 (state filings)

Court challenges

  • Ullman v. Evnen, No. S-26-753, 322 Neb. 637, Nebraska Supreme Court (appeal from the District Court for Lancaster County): Decided Oct. 16, 2026: the Supreme Court affirmed the district court's Sept. 8, 2026 dismissal of a voter's suit that sought to keep the measure off the ballot over its petition's object statement; the measure stays on the ballot. Nebraska Supreme Court, Ullman v. Evnen, 322 Neb. 637 (Oct. 16, 2026)

Sources: Nebraska Secretary of State, Informational Pamphlet on Initiative Measures Appearing on the 2026 General Election Ballot; Full text.

LR19CA (constitutional amendment referred by the Legislature) · Legislative constitutional amendment

Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms

Would change the Nebraska Constitution so a state senator could serve three consecutive four-year terms, instead of two, before having to sit out four years. The Legislature passed the resolution 39-10 on May 28, 2025.

Passes with: Majority of the voters voting on the amendment, and the votes in favor must be at least 35 percent of the total votes cast at the election (Neb. Const. art. XVI, sec. 1).

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

A constitutional amendment to change the limit on legislative terms from two consecutive terms to three consecutive terms.

Official fiscal summary

Not yet checked: no fiscal note is linked from the Legislature's page for LR19CA, and the Secretary of State publishes none for it.

No primarily formed committees found in state records.

Sources: Nebraska Legislature, LR19CA as passed (slip law), May 28, 2025; Full text.

What is not here yet

  • Court challenges to Initiatives 440 and 441 and to LR19CA: none appears in the Nebraska Supreme Court's recent-opinions list (saved Oct. 22, 2026) or in a news search that day; district-court dockets were not searched, so this is not yet fully checked.
  • Fiscal notes: the Secretary of State's pamphlet has no fiscal statement and none was found for any of the four measures; whether any state office published a fiscal estimate is not yet checked further.
  • The ballot number of LR19CA ('Constitutional Amendment 1' in news reports) is not yet checked against a state or county sample ballot; the Lancaster County list of candidates read on Oct. 22 does not include measures.
  • NADC committees: only committees listed as active ballot question committees were reviewed; terminated committees, PACs and independent expenditures for or against the measures are not yet checked. Committee money is a separate layer (campaign finance) and is not shown here.
  • The LR19CA ballot statement is a scanned image; its words were transcribed by hand and checked against the image (no text layer).

Gaps in the ballot records as of the date checked.